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Creator: | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | |
Title: | Early Museum History: Administrative Records | |
Inclusive Dates: | 1930s-1950s | |
Quantity: | 13 Linear Feet 32 5" manuscript boxes |
Organization and Arrangement |
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The Records are organized into four Series: | ||||||||||||||
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They have been processed to the filing unit level and are in most instances alphabetically arranged. |
The processed Early Museum History: Administrative Records (11 linear feet) are contained in 32 boxes (24 5" and 8 2½" document boxes).
The Records concern the early activities of many of the Museum's programs, such as the Armed Services Program, Art in America radio program and subsequent book, film library, circulating exhibitions, lectures, Veteran's Art Center; and committees such as the Advisory Committee, Education Committee, Garden Committee, and Reception Committee. The Museum's involvement with Latin America (Series II) and television (Series III) is also documented.
Correspondents include such collectors and dealers as, for example, Walter C. Arensberg, Bernheim Jeune & Cie., F. Valentine Dudensing, Durand-Ruel, Grace Horne, Julien Levy, J.B. Neumann; and such personalities as Nicolas Calas, Leo Frobenius, Naum Gabo, Lincoln Kirstein, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. See name index at end of this finding aid.
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
The Early Museum History: Administrative Records are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archivist.
Index Terms |
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in DADABASE, the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
Persons and Organizations: | ||
Abbott, John E. | ||
Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. | ||
Blackburn, Alan R., Jr. | ||
Braden, Thomas D. | ||
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968. | ||
Mabry, Thomas D. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Committees. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Armed Services Program. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Art in America. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). War Veterans' Art Center. | ||
Porter, Allan. | ||
Soby, James Thrall, 1906- | ||
Street, Julian L., Jr. | ||
Ulrich, Ione, 1905- | ||
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899- | ||
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899- | ||
Subjects: | ||
Abbott, John E. | ||
Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. | ||
Blackburn, Alan R., Jr. | ||
Braden, Thomas D. | ||
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968. | ||
Mabry, Thomas D. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Committees. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Armed Services Program. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Art in America. | ||
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). War Veterans' Art Center. | ||
Porter, Allan. | ||
Soby, James Thrall, 1906- | ||
Street, Julian L., Jr. | ||
Ulrich, Ione, 1905- | ||
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899- | ||
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899- |
See also, Circulating Exhibitions Record Group, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers, Committee Minutes Record Group, and Museum of Modern Art: Report and Pamphlets Record Group.
Published citations should take the following form:
Long version: Early Museum History: Administrative Records, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Short version: EMH, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY.
The Records [1930-51, 1958 (3 filing units related to the Museum fire), and 1950-63 (2 filing units of correspondence from Allen Porter)] perhaps served as the central files for the Museum during its early years. They include papers from various Museum staff members, notably John E. Abbott, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Alan R. Blackburn, Jr., Thomas W. Braden, René d'Harnoncourt, Thomas D. Mabry, Jr., Allen Porter, James Thrall Soby, Julian Street, Jr., James Johnson Sweeney, Ione Ulrich, and Monroe Wheeler.
Minutes found in these Records have been added to the Museum Archives Committee Minutes Record Group.
ALS: autograph letter(s) signed in the hand of the writer
TL: typed letter(s) without signature
TLS: typed letter(s) signed by the writer
corresp.: correspondence
incl.: includes
n.d.: date information incomplete, i.e., no date supplied by document
JEA: John E. Abbott
AHB: Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
ARB: Alan R. Blackburn, Jr.
RDH: René d'Harnoncourt
TDM: Thomas D. Mabry, Jr.
NAR: Nelson A. Rockefeller
JTS: James Thrall Soby
MW: Monroe Wheeler
C/E: Circulating Exhibition sponsored by the Department of Circulating Exhibitions (now Exhibitions Program)
MoMA Exh. #: exhibition number assigned by the Department of the Registrar to all museum shows
[]: additions made by an outside source
M/M: Mr. and Mrs.
Series I. Museum Matters 1930-51, 1958, 1950-63 |
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40 filing units |
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Folder | Title | Date |
I.1. | Artist Viewings ½" |
1933 |
I.2. | Anniversary, 20th: “Congratulatory Letters,” 28 items |
1949-50 |
I.3.a | Armed Services Program See also, World War II (I.40). |
1942-44 |
I.3.b. | Armed Services Program Army Specialized Training Program |
1943 |
I.3.c. | Armed Services Program Artists in War |
1942 |
I.3.d. | Armed Services Program Artists in War |
1942 |
I.3.e. | Armed Services Program Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead Proposals |
1943 |
I.3.f. | Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Circulating Exhibitions |
1943 |
I.3.g. | Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Circulating Exhibitions |
1943 |
I.3.h. | Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Circulating Exhibitions |
1943-44 |
I.3.i. | Armed Services Program Museums Council - Therapy |
1943-44 |
I.3.j. | Armed Services Program Armed Services Program Organizations |
1942-43 |
I.3.k. | Armed Services Program Overseas Painting Unit |
1943 |
I.3.l. | Armed Services Program Servicemen's Parties |
1942 |
I.3.m. | Armed Services Program Soldier Art Program Correspondence and Receipts |
1942-43 |
I.3.n. | Armed Services Program Soldier Art Program Correspondence and Receipts |
1942-43 |
I.3.o. | Armed Services Program Veterans' Art Center |
1941-45 |
I.3.p. | Armed Services Program Veterans' Art Center |
1943-46 |
I.4.a. | Art in America Note: RDH directed the
Art in America project. Holger Cahill edited the book published in conjunction with the radio series. |
(1934) |
I.4.b. | Art in America Art in America News |
1935 |
I.4.c. | Art in America Art in Americaby Holger Cahill |
1934-35 |
I.4.d. | Art in America Art in Americaby Holger Cahill |
1935-36 |
I.4.e. | Art in America Cuts - Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.f. | Art in America Cuts - Lists |
1934-35 |
I.4.g. | Art in America Cuts - Permission of Owners |
1934-35 |
I.4.h. | Art in America A-B Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.i. | Art in America C-D Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.j. | Art in America E-F Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.k. | Art in America G-H Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.l. | Art in America I-L Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.m. | Art in America M Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.n. | Art in America N-R Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.o. | Art in America S-T Correspondence |
1934 |
I.4.p. | Art in America U-Z Correspondence |
1934 |
I.5.a. | Art Sale for the Armed Services See also, World War II (I.40). |
June 16 1942 |
I.5.b. | Art Sale for the Armed Services Memos, Sales Report, List |
June 16 1942 |
I.5.c. | Art Sale for the Armed Services Correspondence, Receipts |
June 16 1942 |
I.6.a. | Art Week Note: the week of 1940 November 25-December 1 was set aside by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as National Art Week for
the purpose of exhibiting and promoting work by living American artists. Francis Henry Taylor, Director of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, was Chairman of the National Council for Art Week; AHB was Chairman of the New York City Council for Art Week. |
1940-41 |
I.6.b. | Art Week Minutes and Reports |
1940 |
I.6.c. | Art Week Printed Material |
1940 |
I.7. | “The Artist and the Museum Report,” 1 item |
1944 |
I.8. | The Museum of Modern Art Building, Correspondence 13 items |
1936-37 |
I.9.a. | The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art Note: published monthly by the Museum; from ca. 1944 through 1963 called
The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin;see also, Allen Porter (IV.31.a-e.). |
1933-1935 |
I.9.b. | The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art 2 items |
1936 |
I.9.c. | The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art 7 items |
1938 |
I.9.d. | The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art 31 items |
1939-40 |
I.9.e. | The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art 3/8" |
1940 |
I.9.f. | The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art 3/8" |
1941 |
I.10. | Children's Garden Project ¼" |
1939 |
I.11. | Circulating Exhibitions ½" |
1944 |
I.12.a. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Advisory Committee Recommendations |
1931-43 |
I.12.b. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Auditing Committee |
1934-1938 |
I.12.c. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Development Committee |
1946-48 |
I.12.d. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Education Committee and Extension Office Correspondence |
1931-34 |
I.12.e. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Educational Project, (formerly the Education Committee and Extension Office) Reports |
1932-39 |
I.12.f. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Executive Committee |
1933 |
I.12.g. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Exhibitions Committee Reports and Statements |
1941 |
I.12.h. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Policy Report |
1944 |
I.12.i. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Film Library Committee |
1935-37 |
I.12.j. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Finance Committee Correspondence |
1933-34, 1936 |
I.12.k. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Garden Committee (Reformed as Advisory Subcommittee 1939 as staff committee, 1944) |
1938 1939 |
I.12.l. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art House Committee (Reformed as Advisory Subcommittee 1939 as staff committee 1944) |
1939 |
I.12.m. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Industrial Design Committee |
1937-41 |
I.12.n. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Library Committee |
1934-1938 |
I.12.o. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Motion Picture Committee and Department |
1935-36 |
I.12.p. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Museum Collections Reports and Statements |
1941, 1944 |
I.12.q. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Music Committee |
1941 |
I.12.r. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Nominating Committee |
1936-1938 |
I.12.s. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Promotion Committee |
1948 |
I.12.t. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art Reception Committee |
1941 |
I.12.u. | Committees, The Museum of Modern Art World's Fair Committee Correspondence |
1937 |
I.13. | The Museum of Modern Art Corporation: Members Correspondence 16 items |
1938-50 |
I.14. | Film Library Project Report, Certificate of Incorporation and Reports 4 items |
1936, 1937 |
I.15.a. | Fire See also, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers Record Group 1, 303 and René d'Harnoncourt Papers Series E, 941 |
April 15, 1958 |
I.15.b. | Fire Correspondence, Transcript |
April 15, 1958 |
I.16.a. | Fund Raising Appeals for Contributions from Foundations |
1941-42 |
I.16.b. | Fund Raising Requests to Solicit Money from MoMA Staff |
1942-60 |
I.17. | Houses and Housing: Industrial Arts ¼" |
1939-40 |
I.18. | Industrial Art Project Report 2 items |
1937-38 |
I.19.a. | International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Transcripts |
1947 |
I.19.b. | International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Publicity and Press Releases |
1947 |
I.19.c. | International Competition for Low Cost Furniture Design Correspondence, Memos |
1947-48 |
I.20. | International Council - Prospectus incl. Minutes of the meeting of the Committee for the Formation of the International Council; corresp.; transcript of meeting of the Museum Council; outline and prospectus, “Annual Conference Dedicated to Modern Art and its Function in Contemporary Society”; agenda for meeting of National Council |
1953 |
I.21. | Junior Council ½" |
1948-50 |
I.22.a. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Note: see also, Allen Porter (IV.31.f.). |
1931-32 |
I.22.b | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Roger Fry |
1932 |
I.22.c. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1933 |
I.22.d. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1934 |
I.22.e. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Gertrude Stein |
1934, 1947 |
I.22.f. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1935 |
I.22.g. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1936 |
I.22.h. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1937, 1935-37 |
I.22.i. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Leo Frobenius |
1937 |
I.22.j. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1938 |
I.22.k. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Suggested Lectures |
1938-41 |
I.22.l. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1939 |
I.22.m. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Barr Requests to Lecture |
1939 |
I.22.n. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Programs |
1939-1940 |
I.22.o. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Programs |
1939-1940 |
I.22.p. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1940 |
I.22.q. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Nicolas Calas |
1940-41 |
I.22.r. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Special Events |
1940-41 |
I.22.s. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Receptions |
1940-45 |
I.22.t. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Lectures |
1941 |
I.22.u. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art “Problems of Post-War Planning” |
1944 |
I.22.v. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art “Problems of Post-War Planning” |
1944 |
I.22.w. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Naum Gabo |
1948 |
I.22.x. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Docents |
1948-1949 |
I.22.y. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Edith Sitwell |
1948-50 |
I.22.z. | Lectures and Special Events, The Museum of Modern Art Poetry Evenings |
1950 |
I.23. | Legal Affairs ¼" |
1943-49 |
I.24.a. | Mailings, Correspondence ¼" |
1934-40 |
I.24.b. | Mailings, Correspondence 5/8" |
1934-40 |
I.25. | Members' Complaints The Museum of Modern Art 5/8" |
1946-55 |
I.26. | Members, Correspondence with 3/8" |
1951-63 |
I.27. | Modern Architecture: Chicago “Sears, Roebuck & Co.,” |
1870-19701932-33 |
I.28. | Municipal Art Committee ½" |
1935-39 |
I.29. | National War Poster Competition 3 items |
1942 |
I.30. | Norman Bel Geddes: War Maneuver Models 1 item |
1944 |
I.31. | Officers and Committees, The Museum of Modern Art 2 items |
1956 |
I.32. | Personnel: Office Manager 1 item |
1944 |
I.33. | Publications Department Reports ¼" |
1936-37 |
I.34. | Religious Art 4 items |
1940-42 |
I.34.x. | Special Events Note: for documentation on Special Events, see “Lectures and Special Events”. |
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I.35.a. | Staff Manual Financing |
1974 |
I.35.b. | Staff Manual Architecture and Design |
1973 |
I.35.c. | Staff Manual Building Operations |
(1974) |
I.35.d. | Staff Manual Department of Film |
1973 |
I.35.e. | Staff Manual Department of Photography |
(1973) |
I.35.f. | Staff Manual Department of Publications, Library |
1974 |
I.36.a. | Staff Manual Memos |
1958-62 |
I.36.b. | Staff Manual Manual |
1960 |
I.36.c. | Staff Manual Manual |
1960 |
I.37.a. | Staff Manual Department of Architecture and Design |
1952 |
I.37.b. | Staff Manual Museum Building |
1952 |
I.37.c. | Staff Manual Circulating Exhibitions |
1952 |
I.37.d. | Staff Manual Education |
1940, 1952 |
I.37.e. | Staff Manual Director's Office |
1952 |
I.37.f. | Staff Manual Exhibitions |
1952 |
I.37.g. | Staff Manual Front Desk |
1952 |
I.37.h. | Staff Manual Library |
1952 |
I.37.i. | Staff Manual Museum Collections |
1952 |
I.37.j. | Staff Manual Office Administration |
1952 |
I.37.k. | Staff Manual Organization, Committees Chart, Trustees |
1952 |
I.37.l. | Department of Painting and Sculpture 4 items |
1952 |
I.37.m. | Staff Manual Publications Department |
1952 |
I.37.n. | Staff Manual Department of Photography |
1952 |
I.37.o. | Staff Manual Production |
1952 |
I.37.p. | Staff Manual Registrar Department |
1952 |
I.38. | A Survey of the Archives of Modern Art 5/8" |
1961-72 |
I.39. | Theatre Art Department Proposal 1 item |
1937 |
I.40.a. | World War II See also, Armed Services Program (I.3), Art Sale for the Armed Services (I.5),
National War Poster Competition(MoMA Exh. #207, 1942 November 25-1943 January 3) (I.29), and “Problems of Post-War Planning” (I.22.v.). |
1941-42 |
I.40.b. | World War II Air Raid Precautions and War Activities |
1941, 1951 |
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Series II. Latin-American Program 1941-48 |
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26 filing units |
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Folder | Title | Date |
II.1. | Artists File ¼" |
1943 |
II.2. | Contract (Original) - OEMcr-8 Brazilian Scholarship ¼" |
1941-43 |
II.3.a. | Contract - Latin-American Informational Exhibits Contract (Original) - OR-1158 |
1942 |
II.3.b. | Contract - Latin-American Informational Exhibits The Americas Cooperate |
1942 |
II.4.a. | >Contract OEMcr-42,
Latin American Art (C/E 1941-42, Pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Art) |
1941-42 |
II.4.b. | >Contract OEMcr-42,
Latin American Art (C/E 1941-42, Pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Art) |
1942-43 |
II.5. | Contract (Original) OEMcr-42 - Nine Circulating Exhibitions 2 items |
1941 |
II.6. | Contract OEM2a-2055 - New Architecture - Cairo 5 items |
1943 |
II.7.a. | Contract (Original) OEMcr-319: Ten 2-reel subjects (Julien Bryan) 13 items |
1943 |
BLANK | Contract (Original) OEMcr-319: Ten 2-reel subjects (Julien Bryan) 5/8" |
1944 |
II.8.a. | Contract OIAAc-11 (Six Multiple Exhibitions and Six Maps) ½" |
1944-46 |
II.8.b. | Contract OIAAc-11 (Six Multiple Exhibitions and Six Maps) 3/4" |
1944-47 |
II.9. | CIAA Latin-America Pamphlets 1" |
1941 |
II.9a. | CIAA Charts to Latin American Literature M. UNK D. UNK UNK F. Jamieson |
1942 |
II.10. | CIAA Latin-American Project 1/8" |
1943 |
II.11. | Government Projects 3/8" |
1943-44 |
II.12. | Government Work 28 items |
1942 |
II.13. | Inter-American Development Commission 1" |
1941-46 |
II.14. | Inter-American Escadrille, Inc. 6 items |
1942 |
II.15.a. | Inter-American Fund Purchases made by Lincoln Kirstein on trip |
1942 |
II.15.b. | Inter-American Fund Lincoln Kirstein, Expenses |
1942 |
II.16. | Inter-American House 20 items |
1941 |
II.17. | Latin-American Art Committee, John E. Abbott, Expenses ½" |
1940-44 |
II.18.a | Latin-American Conference Correspondence, Minutes |
1944-45 |
II.18.b. | Latin-American Conference Correspondence |
1944-47 |
II.18.c. | Latin-American Conference Member's Statements |
1948 |
II.19. | Latin American Film Committee, NAR, John Hay Whitney 1/8" |
1942 |
II.20. | Latin-American Purchase Fund: Book Bills 3/8" |
1943 |
II.21.a. | Latin-American Project Exposition d'Arte Contemporanea See also, Circulating Exhibitions Record Group for report on exhibition. |
1941 |
II.21.b. | Latin-American Project Exposition d'Arte Contemporanea Publicity Reports |
1941 |
II.22.a. | Lists 1" |
1942-45 |
II.22.b. | Lists ½" |
1942-45 |
II.23. | Manual Industries 1" |
1946, 1948 |
II.24. | Memberships, Complimentary 3/4" |
1946 |
II.25. | Minutes of the Continuation Committee of the Conference on Inter-American Relations in the Field of Art 1 item |
1940, 1941 |
II.26. | Grace L. McCann Morley Report 3/8" |
1941 |
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Series III. Television Project 1939-55 |
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28 filing units |
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Folder | Title | Date |
III.1. | American Federation of Musicians 1/8" |
1954-55 |
III.2.a. | 25th Anniversary Art Film Cycles, 1953 |
1953 |
III.2.b. | 25th Anniversary Pending |
1955 |
III.2.c. | 25th Anniversary Proposed Exhibitions |
1953 |
III.3. | Case Studies 7/8" |
1951-55 |
III.4.a. | Marc Chagall Agreement, French Translation |
n.d. |
III.4.b. | Marc Chagall Correspondence |
1952-54 |
III.4.c. | Marc Chagall Photographs, “They Became Artists” |
n.d. |
III.5. | Clippings 3 items |
1953 |
III.6. | Color Television 4 items |
1954 |
III.7. | Correspondence ¼" |
1954-55 |
III.8.a. | Educational Television Educational Television, New York |
1953-55 |
III.8.b. | Educational Television Through the Enchanted Gate |
1953 |
III.8.c. | Educational Television Memos, Clippings |
1953-54 |
III.9. | Film Group Prospecti ½" |
1954 |
III.10. | Film Library Resources 10 items |
1953-54 |
III.11.a. | Foreign Television Canadian Television |
1954 |
III.11.b. | Foreign Television European Television Contacts |
n.d. |
III.11.c. | Foreign Television France, 1954 |
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III.11.d. | Foreign Television Great Britain |
1954 |
III.12.a. | History (Pre-Project) Clippings, Magazines |
1952 |
III.12.b. | History (Pre-Project) Correspondence, Newsletters |
1951-52 |
III.12.c. | History (Pre-Project) Correspondence |
1950 |
III.12.d. | History (Pre-Project) Television Report, Correspondence and Clippings |
1948-53 |
III.13. | Japanese Exhibition House 3/8" |
1954-55 |
III.14. | Joint Committee on Educational Television 3/4" |
1953 |
III.15. | Kinescope Archives 3 items |
1954 |
III.16.a. | Point of View “Architectural Millinery,” |
1951 |
III.16.b. | Point of View Correspondence |
1954-55 |
III.16.c. | Point of View “Manhole Covers,” |
1954 |
III.16.d. | Point of View Report and Correspondence |
1954-55 |
III.17. | Progress Reports: Television Reports ¼" |
1953 June and 1954 February |
III.18. | Radio 1/8" |
1939-40, 1948 |
III.19. | Report - Work File 4 items |
1954 |
III.20. | Stix and Gude 12 items |
1954 |
III.21. | TV Projects - Miscellaneous ½" |
1953 |
III.22. | TV Projects 5/8" |
1939-48 |
III.23. | TV Spots - MoMA Plugs 1/8" |
1954 |
III.24. | Typescript 34 sheets |
n.d. |
III.25. | UNESCO Conference, European Television 5/8" |
1954 July 14 |
III.26.a. | U.P.A. (United Productions of America) “Form in the Animated Cartoon” MoMA Exh. #581, 1955 June 22-September 27 |
n.d. |
III.26.b | U.P.A. (United Productions of America) “Form in the Animated Cartoon” Correspondence |
1954-55 |
III.26.c. | U.P.A. (United Productions of America) “Form in the Animated Cartoon” Label Information and Correspondence |
1954-55 |
III.26.d. | U.P.A. (United Productions of America) “Form in the Animated Cartoon” Labels |
1955 |
III.27. | The Wall 12 items |
1954 |
III.28. | David A. Wilkie, “Some Programs and Projects for Television” (WCBS) 1/8" |
1945 |
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Series IV. Individuals and Institutions 1929-60 |
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47 filing units |
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Folder | Title | Date |
IV.1. | “A” Individuals and Institutions 3/8" |
1936-41, 1951 |
IV.2. | American Association of Museums Smithsonian Inst. Wash. D.C. 1" |
1930-50 |
IV.3.a. | American Federation of Arts Lists, Program |
1936-48 |
IV.3.b. | American Federation of Arts List, Program, Correspondence |
1931-35 |
IV.4. | American-Russian Institute 5/8" |
1933-39 |
IV.5. | Walter C. Arensberg 1/8" |
1934-35 |
IV.6.a. | Arts Club of Chicago Correspondence |
1935-36 |
IV.6.b. | Arts Club of Chicago Correspondence |
1938-41 |
IV.7. | Association of Art Museum Directors 19 items |
1934-49 |
IV.8. | Jo Cain, New York State Training School Project 7/8" |
1933-41 |
IV.9.a. | Dealers A-Be |
1929-41 |
IV.9.b. | Dealers Bi-C |
1929-41 |
IV.9.c. | Dealers 5/8" |
1930-41 |
IV.9.d. | Dealers F-G |
1930-41 |
IV.9.e. | Dealers H-M |
1929-39 |
IV.9.f. | Dealers N-Pa |
1930-40 |
IV.9.g. | Dealers Pe-Z |
1930-40 |
IV.9.h. | Dealers Weyhe Gallery |
1931-40 |
IV.10. | “E” Individuals and Institutions ¼" |
1941-50 |
IV.11. | John Ekstrom ¼" |
1938 |
IV.12. | “F” Individuals and Institutions 17 items |
1938 |
IV.13. | Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Inc.: Statements in Reply to Criticisms 1 item |
(1944) |
IV.14. | “G” Individuals and Institutions
|
1933-50 |
IV.15. | Paul Ganz 33 items |
1937 |
IV.16. | Emily Genauer's article “The Fur-Lined Museum”: JTS's Statement in Reply 1 item |
1944 |
IV.17. | Girl Scouts of America 5/8" |
1940 |
IV.18. | “H” Individuals & Institutions ½" |
1939-1950 |
IV.19. | Hemisphere Films Inc. 4 items |
1945 |
IV.20. | “I” Individuals & Institutions 14 items |
1941-43 |
IV.21. | Sidney Janis 7 items |
1938 |
IV.22. | Thomas Jefferson Memorial ¼" |
1937 |
IV.23. | T. Catesby Jones ¼" |
1937-41 |
IV.24. | Jones Library (Amherst) 5 items |
1941 |
IV.25. | “K” Individuals & Institutions 7 items |
1936 |
IV.26. | Kröller-Müller Foundation ½" |
1935-38 |
IV.27. | “L” Individuals & Institutions ½" |
1936-50 |
IV.28. | “M” Individuals & Institutions ½" |
1930-48 |
IV.29. | Thomas D. Mabry, Jr. ½" |
1936-38 |
IV.30. | Sadie May ¼" |
1934-39 |
IV.31.a. | Allen Porter A-I: Compliments |
1941-57 |
IV.31.b. | Allen Porter J-Z: Compliments |
1942-60 |
IV.31.c. | Allen Porter Museums and Museum Organizations |
1943-60 |
IV.31.d. | Allen Porter A-M Bulletin |
1945-63 |
IV.31.e. | Allen Porter The Bulletin of The Museum of Modern Art |
1950-58 |
IV.31.f. | Allen Porter Lecture and Music Program Suggestions |
1942-50 |
IV.31.g. | Allen Porter Correspondence |
1942-60 |
IV.32. | Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller 1 item |
1932 |
IV.33. | School Art League ¼" |
1945 |
IV.34. | Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation ½" |
1936-38 |
IV.35. | Mrs. John S. Sheppard ¼" |
1932-44 |
IV.36. | Lavinia Sloan 3/8" |
1948-49 |
IV.37.a | Julian Street, Jr. Memos |
1939 |
IV.37.b | Julian Street, Jr. Correspondence and Memos |
1940-41 |
IV.38.a. | Sullivan, Donovan, and Heenehan Law Firm Memos and Correspondence |
1930-32, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1942 |
IV.38.b. | Sullivan, Donovan, and Heenehan Law Firm Correspondence |
1936-40, 1942 |
IV.38.c. | Sullivan, Donovan, and Heenehan Law Firm Correspondence |
1931-35 |
IV.39.a. | James Johnson Sweeney Note: Sweeney was Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, 1945-46. |
1946 |
IV.39.b. | James Johnson Sweeney L-R Correspondence |
1946 |
IV.39.c. | James Johnson Sweeney S-Z Correspondence |
1945-46 |
IV.39.d. | James Johnson Sweeney General Correspondence |
1945 |
IV.39.e. | James Johnson Sweeney Reproduction Rights |
1946 |
IV.40. | Town and CountryKlaus Mann Article 1 item |
1942 |
IV.41. | “U” Individuals and Institutions 19 items |
1947 |
IV.42. | Ione Ulrich 3/8" |
1944-51 |
IV.43. | United Nations 1¼" |
1946 |
IV.44. | Edward M. M. Warburg ¼" |
1931-41 |
IV.45.a. | Washington D. C. Gallery of The Museum of Modern Art Note: these files were originally found among The Department of Circulating Exhibitions Departmental Correspondence |
1937, 1939 |
IV.45.b. | Washington D. C. Gallery of The Museum of Modern Art Correspondence |
1937 |
IV.45.c. | Washington D. C. Gallery of The Museum of Modern Art Correspondence |
1937 |
IV.46.a. | Monroe Wheeler Correspondence |
1936-48 |
IV.46.b. | Monroe Wheeler Correspondence and Memos Monroe Wheeler-John E. Abbott |
1939, 1942-44, 1947, 1948 |
IV.46.c. | Monroe Wheeler Inter-Office Memos |
1941-43 |
IV.46.d. | Monroe Wheeler Inter-Office Memos |
1943 |
IV.46.e. | Monroe Wheeler Inter-Office Memos |
1943-44 |
IV.47. | Mary Wiborg 15 items |
1933-35 |
IV.48.a. | Luis de Zulueta, Jr.: Latin-American Project Zulueta was Research Associate in Foreign Activities 1944-45 |
1943-45 |
IV.48.b. | Luis de Zulueta, Jr.: Latin-American Project Lu-Z Correspondence |
1943-45 |
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Series V: Addendum to Early Museum History: Administrative Records |
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Folder | Title | Date |
V.1.a | Contract NDCar-14-
Exposition of Contemporary North American Painting Note: C/E 1941; exhibition was divided into three sections which circulated simultaneously in South America. These 3 file
folders were found by the Museum's Film Study Center among their Office of Inter-American Affairs files; the files were given
to the Archives in 1991. See also, Department of Circulating Exhibitions Record Group for additional material on this exhibition. |
1942-44 |
V.1.b | Contract NDCar-14-
Exposition of Contemporary North American Painting War Risk Insurance |
1941-44 |
V.1.c | Contract NDCar-14-
Exposition of Contemporary North American Painting Latin America Industrial Design Competition |
1941 |
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Box | Series | Folder |
1 | I | I.1.-I.3.h. |
2 | I | I.3.i.-I.3.p. |
3 | I | I.4.a.-I.4.k. |
4 | I | I.4.l.-I.4.p. |
5 | I | I.5.a.-I.8. |
6 | I | I.9.a.-I.11. |
7 | I | I.12.a.-I.12.u. |
8 | I | I.13.-I.18. |
9 | I | I.19.a.-I.20. |
10 | I | I.21.-I.22.n. |
11 | I | I.22.o.-I.22.z. |
12 | I | I.23.-I.34.x. |
13 | I | I.35.a.-I.40.b. |
14 | II | II.1.-II.8.b. |
15 | II | II.9.-II.16. |
16 | II | II.17.-II.21.b. |
17 | II | II.22.a.-II.26. |
18 | III | III.1.-III.8.c. |
19 | III | III.9.-III.12.d. |
20 | III | III.13.-III.25. |
21 | III | III.26.a.-III.28. |
22 | IV | IV.1.-IV.4. |
23 | IV | IV.5.-IV.8. |
24 | IV | IV.9.a.-IV.9.h. |
25 | IV | IV.10.-IV.24. |
26 | IV | IV.25.-IV.30. |
27 | IV | IV.31.a.-IV.31.g. |
28 | IV | IV.32.-IV.38.c. |
29 | IV | IV.39.a.-IV.39.c. |
30 | IV | IV.40.-IV.46.e.- |
31 | IV | IV.47.-IV.48.b. |
32 | V | V.1.a.-V.1.c. |